Since there has been a lack of mention regarding the recent Las Vegas “Double” of the Stardust and New Frontier tournaments, I thought I would get the ball rolling with some observations.
First, it was a great experience with some of the top players in competition. As always, I learn just from watching Yama and Joe. A new term was coined to honor one of our own. As Wonging will always be associated with Stanford, the term “Payning” refers to the cross-table lean during chip counting.
I did not see any of the finals since none of my close friends were involved. Too busy trying to make money at the tables! I do know that the last hand of the Stardust ending with the dealer pulling 3 sevens!
Two episodes stick in my mind. Both precipitated by dealer errors. In both cases, the dealer skipped over a player by forgetting where the button was.
Stardust Error: Dealer screws up and players get upset. One player gets VERY upset. Shouting match starts with various levels of Stardust management involved. Player feels the rules are changing during the game and ask the manager if his name is John Kerry since he’s flip-flopping on his decisions! Very funny for those on the sidelines. He spend the next several hours talking to everyone he could find in the casino about how screwed up management was.
New Frontier Error: Dealer screws up and players get upset. Again, one player gets VERY upset. Shouting match ensues until a security guard was called. He was standing arms-crossed behind the player. It looked like the Jerry Springer show. We started calling “Jerry, Jerry, Jerry”. Very funny.
Anything else to add?
First, it was a great experience with some of the top players in competition. As always, I learn just from watching Yama and Joe. A new term was coined to honor one of our own. As Wonging will always be associated with Stanford, the term “Payning” refers to the cross-table lean during chip counting.
I did not see any of the finals since none of my close friends were involved. Too busy trying to make money at the tables! I do know that the last hand of the Stardust ending with the dealer pulling 3 sevens!
Two episodes stick in my mind. Both precipitated by dealer errors. In both cases, the dealer skipped over a player by forgetting where the button was.
Stardust Error: Dealer screws up and players get upset. One player gets VERY upset. Shouting match starts with various levels of Stardust management involved. Player feels the rules are changing during the game and ask the manager if his name is John Kerry since he’s flip-flopping on his decisions! Very funny for those on the sidelines. He spend the next several hours talking to everyone he could find in the casino about how screwed up management was.
New Frontier Error: Dealer screws up and players get upset. Again, one player gets VERY upset. Shouting match ensues until a security guard was called. He was standing arms-crossed behind the player. It looked like the Jerry Springer show. We started calling “Jerry, Jerry, Jerry”. Very funny.
Anything else to add?
